LANDY THOMAS
"L. T." & CHARLOTTE (QUEZADA) CRAIN
Across
the Fence
By
Arvord Abernethy
One of our Hamilton ladies who took a trip by herself is Mrs. L. T. (Charlotte) Crain, only she took it the overhead way, not in a covered wagon. She recently returned from California where she visited some nieces, other relatives and friends. One of the nieces lives at Riverside and the other at Long Beach.
After
visiting with relatives in the
Los Angeles
area, she and a niece went to
San Francisco
for a three day visit with Clarence and Oletha Bahneman in their
beautiful home there. We will remember Oletha as Oletha Cole here.
These
three had a wonderful time seeing the sights in the
San Francisco
area. A stop at
Kan
’s Restaurant in
Chinatown
was an interesting one with all those Chinese foods and the experience
of using chop sticks. They ate another time atop the Mark Hopkins Hotel
where they could see the entire Bay area in all directions-the famous
Golden Gate
Bridge
,
Oakland
and all. The girls had to take in the stage show at Finocchios, a famous
night spot where the show is put on by men impersonating women.
Charlotte
spent some time visiting with friends in Sherman Oaks. L. T. had managed
a large apartment complex there for two years.
It was
some time after the Crains moved here that I learned that L. T. was a
Hamilton
County
boy. He spent some of his time in Lampkin where his mother operated the
Lampkin Telephone Exchange. They later moved in on
West Main
here in
Hamilton
and he graduated from the high school here.
L. T.
later went to the Silver City, New Mexico area, where he worked for the
Kennecott Copper Co. Here is where he met a cute young maiden by the
name of
Charlotte
, and after some courtship and at the proper time she “looked up to
him” and said, “Yes”.
They
moved on to
California
in 1949 where L. T. worked for the Thrifty Food Chain for a number of
years. During this time they bought some apartments in
Santa Monica
for investments. This was besides managing of the apartment complex in
Sherman Oaks. Here is where L. T. got his experience to efficiently
manage the Hamilton Housing Project.
L.
T.’s sister, Dorma Neal, lost her husband here in Hamilton, and L.
T.’s mother, Mrs. Belle Wall, who was around 80 years of age lived
here, so in 1975 they decided to move back to be near them.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Neal didn’t live but about two months after they
returned. Mrs. Walls has since passed away.
The
Crains planned and built a lovely brick home on S. Bouldin, and have
very tastefully furnished it. L. T. has done a lot of work in neatly
landscaping the yards.
Since
their relatives here have passed away, and they do have kinsmen and many
friends in
California
, they are planning on selling their home here and moving back. They
will be leaving a host of friends they have made here.
The
Crains do not have any children of their own, but a lot of kiddoes
around here will look at them as a second dad and mom as they have both
worked for sometime in the nursery of First Baptist Church.
Shared by Roy
Ables
ACROSS THE FENCE
Landy
Thomas "L. T." Crain -- 9 Nov., 1915 -- 1 March, 1915
